CVE-2026-42214 (GCVE-0-2026-42214)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 18:14 – Updated: 2026-05-09 03:55
VLAI?
Title
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in dail8859/NotepadNext
Summary
Notepad Next is a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Prior to version 0.14, NotepadNext's detectLanguageFromExtension() function interpolates a file's extension directly into a Lua script without sanitization. An attacker can craft a filename whose extension contains Lua code, which executes automatically when the victim opens the file in NotepadNext. Because luaL_openlibs() is called unconditionally, the full os, io, and package libraries are available to the injected code, enabling arbitrary command execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.14.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| dail8859 | NotepadNext |
Affected:
< 0.14
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Nomenclature
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